A scar is a lasting mark on the skin or the mind that serves as a reminder of a physical or psychological injury.
The pain lessens as the wound heals, but the scar remains to reveal many stories about a person. One may choose to proudly wear a scar as a badge of honor or mask it, but there is no denying that scars come with a strange power.
Remember the lightning-shaped scar that Harry Potter received from Voldemort after birth? This scar symbolized his fight against evil and set him apart from the rest of the wizarding world.
Likewise, different writers have used scars to portray different people's stories and pasts. This article has compiled the most famous quotes about scars to give you hope. Scroll down to read them.
Scar Quotes About Life
These quotes will help you see your life in a better light despite your scars.
“I don't want to die without any scars.” - 'Fight Club', Chuck Palahniuk.
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.” - 'Circe', Madeline Miller.
“Scars are a warrior's beauty marks.” - Matshona Dhliwayo.
“Maybe I should find another doctor; one who realizes the importance of scars.” - Rasmenia Massoud.
“Scars are just another kind of memory.” - 'The Light Between Oceans', ML Stedman.
“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.” - 'The Spectator Bird', Wallace Stegner.
“Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.” - Publilius Syrus.
“We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars.” - 'King Of Thorns', Mark Lawrence.
“The doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door.” - Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
“Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one.” - 'Misery', Stephen King.
“I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.” - Yohji Yamamoto.
“Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.” - Paulo Coelho.
“Some wounds never show, not even in the mirror, until we see them in the expressions on the faces of people we love.” - Cameron Jace.
“Sorrow spares no one, and scars respect no person.” - 'Infamous', Sherrilyn Kenyon.
“We’ve been through a lot, and though many of the wounds have healed, the scars they’ve left behind still throb every now and then.” - Neha Yazmin.
“The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.” - 'The Assassin And The Healer', Sarah J. Mass.
“Some scars don't hurt. Some scars are numb. Some scars rid you of the capacity to feel anything ever again." - Joyce Rachelle.
“Words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you have pronounced them, you cannot remove the scar they leave behind.” - Vashti Quiroz-Vega.
“If the scars of our daily reality overwhelm the beat of our life, we can at all times decide to start from square one, look up at the sky, being conscious of our pettiness, and enjoy the sparks of the stars to find the missing links." - 'Man Without Qualities', Erik Pevernagie.
“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.” - 'Broken Abroad', Rasmenia Massoud.
“The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart” - 'Kushiel's Chosen', Jacqueline Carey.
Scar Quotes That Will Help You Move Forward
Often, scars forge the best people. These quotes will motivate you to leave your scars behind and shine in life.
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” - 'All The Pretty Horses', Cormac McCarthy.
“Every scar that you have is a reminder not just that you got hurt, but that you survived.” - Michelle Obama.
“I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I'm a grown man. You don't gotta put on no makeup with me.” - Tracy Morgan.
“I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.” - Demi Lovato.
“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering.” - 'King Of Scars', Leigh Bardugo.
“...real childhood scars heal, but not when band-aids replace self-reflection.” - 'Caged: Memoirs Of A Cage-Fighting Poet', Cameron Conaway.
“Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed.” - 'Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe', Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
“My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.” - 'Scars', Cheryl Rainfield.
“He who wears the emotional and physical scars of life should do so with honor and integrity.” - R.J Intindola.
“Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands.” - 'All About Love: New Visions', Bell Hooks.
“Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance.” - Rodney A. Winters.
“Good hearts don't leave scars like that.” - 'The Children Of Blood And Bone', Tomi Adeyemi.
“God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.” - Elbert Hubbard.
“Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime's worth of lessons.” - Wallace Stegner.
“My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded.” - Steve Maraboli.
Scar Quotes About Success
(Scars are painful to receive, but they make us more resilient.)
A battle can never be won without receiving scars. Read this compilation to see how famous people have correlated scars and success.
“The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story.” - 'The Storyteller', Jodi Picoult.
“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.” - Bertolt Brecht.
"I'm thankful, for every break in my heart
I'm grateful, for every scar
Some pages turned
Some bridges burned
But there were lessons learned"
- 'Lessons Learned', Carry Underwood, 2000.
"I have walked a stair of swords,
I have worn a coat of scars.
I have vowed with hollow words,
I have lied my way to the stars"
- 'Songs Of Sapphique', Catherine Fisher.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” - Rumi.
“A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means I survived.” - Chris Cleave.
“On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress?” - 'Little Bee', Chris Cleave.
“If there is a wart or a scar, this can be beautiful, in a sense, when you paint it.” - Jenny Saville.
“Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are.” - Frank Sinatra.
“Jealous?...Of what? I don't want a foul scar right across my head, thanks. I don't think getting your head cut open makes you that special, myself.” - Harry Potter, 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets', J.K Rowling.
Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. - Hans Selye.
“Tattoos make statements that need to be made. Or hide things that are no one's business.” - Tammara Webber.
“Historic scores cannot be settled, and scars cannot be obliterated.” - Ehud Olmert
“Never be ashamed of the scars that life has left you with. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed, you endured the pain and God has healed you.” - Nishan Panwar.
Scar Quotes About Strength
These quotes show how scars are often synonymous with strength and will motivate you big time.
“The marks humans leave are too often scars.” - 'The Fault In Our Stars', John Green.
“I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile.” - Rudy Francisco.
“Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.” - 'The Favorite Game', Leonard Cohen.
“Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.” - 'The Scar', China Miéville.
“Scars are tattoos with better stories.” - 'Fear Like Us', 2007.
"From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, ‘I survived.’" - Craig Scott.
“The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” - Khalil Gibran.
“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment.” - Steve Goodier.
“The emotional scars of our mistakes will teach us far more than the joy of our successes.” - Steven Aitchison.
“Scars show us where we have been, they do not dictate where we are going.” - David Rossi.
“Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.” - Erin McCarthy.
“Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.” - Aisha Tyler.
“The best people all have some kind of scar.” - 'The One', Kiera Cass.
“Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.” - Maxwell Maltz.
“It’s easy for someone to joke about scars if they’ve never been cut.” - 'Romeo And Juliet', William Shakespeare.
“As I handed her the bag, the old scars on my wrist throbbed with buried memories.” - 'Linger', Maggie Stiefvater.
